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Upcoming Art Opportunities at BART

• BART Planning & Development

Presentation by: Abigail Thorne-Lyman, BART Regina Almaguer, Art Consultant

Artist Workshop #1 Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland July 8, 2015

Tonight’s Agenda

• Overview of New Art Program
• Three Art Opportunities:
• 19th St Oakland Station
• El Cerrito del Norte Station
• Powell St Station
• CAFÉ Application Process

BART Planning & Development 1

Art Policy Goals

• Cohesion. Create a Single, Cohesive Art Program
• Opportunity. Proactively Seek Opportunities to Implement Art
• Partnerships. Leverage Investments Through Partnerships
• Make Transit Work. Use Art to Achieve BART’s Functional Goals
• Showcase Art. Maintain and Interpret BART’s Art Collection
• Integrated Design. Raise the Bar on Design by Including Art Early
• Transparency. Establish a Transparent Process for Collaboration
• Engagement. Engage with Communities

2

BART Station Modernization Program

Make Transit Work Create Place Connect to Community

Gateway Stations

• Transformative

Improvements

• Showcase to leverage

future funding

• Comprehensive

assessment of need, with prioritization

19th Street: Stairwell Lightboxes

19th Street Lightboxes

19th Street: Specifications

El Cerrito del Norte: 2 Mosaic Tile Murals

El Cerrito del Norte: Existing Art

El Cerrito del Norte: Specifications

Powell Street: Station Modernization Needs

Powell Street: Changing Conditions

Powell Street: Art Opportunity

Powell Street: Art Opportunity

~20’ diameter ~4’ x 4’

Powell Street Specifications

• Ceiling: Lightbox Panels similar to 19th Street

~20’ d. Circular Shape made up of 4’x4’ panels two dimensional (10’ ceiling clearance)

• Columns: Stainless steel etching or other treatment

Meet BART’s physical needs for durability, safety, resistance to vandalism, ability to clean

• A single art opportunity – apply for ceiling AND

columns

• Reflect Powell Street station role as regional,

international destination

• Reflect needs for visual declutter: clean, sleek design

Application Process

All applications to be submitted through: CALL FOR ENTRY (CAFÉ) https://www.callforentry.org

• Joining CAFÉ is free. Once you have an account you can

respond to a variety of calls

• Application instructions are available on the CAFÉ

website

• Images are uploaded as .jpgs
• Images are kept on file but can be switched out for each

proposal

• “Call” = Request for Qualifications

Highlighting Your Qualifications

• Include information about your experience with projects of

similar scope in your letter of interest; or

• Discuss your skills or other experience that lets the panel know

you can successfully complete the project

• Convey your interest in the project: What excites you about it?
• How would you approach conceptualizing an art project in

response to the site?

Application Tips

Application Tips

On-time, Clean Submittals

• Adhere to the deadline: CAFÉ closes the call at midnight

Mountain time (note the difference in the time zone between California and Colorado!)

• DO NOT layer or crowd your images; 1 or 2 carefully

selected individual images of a work are better than 3 images of it crowded into one slide

• Submit only what is requested. Do not include unsolicited

information or materials (e.g. specific proposals, letters of reference, etc.)

• Artists may apply to one or more project(s)

Qualifications and Experience

For all projects artists must demonstrate the ability to:

• Create imagery appropriate for the project scale
• Collaborate with project design team in the final fabrication

and installation of the artwork

• Work with BART staff, community members and the project

design team

• Potentially enter into a Professional Services Agreement with

BART, obtain appropriate insurance coverages, attend meetings with BART staff and others

Qualifications and Experience

19th St Station: Digital artwork that is compatible with planned architectural elements in the station, reflects Uptown Oakland community features

• Previous experience in large scale (4’+ width
• r diameter) work
• Digital format compatible
• Collaboration with fabricator, design team
• Clean, lasting imagery

Qualifications and Experience

Powell St Station: Digital artwork for a 20’ diameter Lightbox centroid that will be fabricated in sections Design on 4 stainless steel columns

• Large scale, digital work
• Scale, imagery, collaboration with design team
• Sensitivity and responsiveness to busy visual

environment

• Experience with treatment type to be proposed on

columns

• Reflection of high profile nature of Powell Street

Qualifications and Experience

El Cerrito del Norte Station:

• Artists must have extensive experience in

architecturally scaled mosaic murals to produce work in studio or should be able to oversee fabrication of the artwork by others.

• Artwork must be visually compatible with the existing

station glass tile mosaic murals.

Jurying Process

Phase I: RFQ

• Call for Artist Released on CAFÉ
• A Selection Panel will be established for each project
• Panels will include arts professionals and representatives from BART,

the local community and the City (SF, Oakland, or El Cerrito)

• Panels will review applications, shortlist artists and select up to 3

finalists per project

• Finalists will be selected based on the aesthetic quality and creativity
• f their past work and their ability to work in the scale and medium

required of the project(s) to which they apply

Jurying Process

Phase II: RFP

• Selected finalists will receive RFP to develop site-specific proposal,

and must review draft BART agreement.

• Finalists will participate in a project orientation prior to submitting

site-specific proposals

• Finalists will receive stipend for developing specific proposals
• The Selection Panel will review each proposal and may make

recommendations for modifications to fully comply with BART’s

• peration and maintenance requirements.
• Following any required modifications, panel will recommend projects

to be implemented

• The BART Board of Directors have final approval of artwork

Timeline

July/August: Ongoing Artist Workshops Late Summer: Call for Artists RFQ released Fall: Artist Finalists Selected and Provided RFP Fall/Winter: Site Specific Proposals Developed and Reviewed Spring 2016: Contract Awarded Mid 2016: Station Modernization Construction Begins End 2017: Station Modernization Projects Must Be Completed

Questions?

www.bart.gov/art

Abby Thorne-Lyman Principal Planner, BART athorne@bart.gov 510-464-6140